The Devil’s Delinquents: Extra Dark Edition

A short, sweet, nasty little novella about the desperation of teen misfits. Derry and Cal are high school stoners who are each other's only friend. One day, in detention, they meet goth Satanist Natalie and become embroiled in her rural, desperate belief system. Only Cal has an even remotely decent home life or a conscience. Natalie is awful, but she's haunted by an event in her past. Derry even has moments of being sympathetic. But together, the kids will do something horrible and bloody.

This book was short, bloody fun. Parts don't age well, but it does take place in the 90s, which were actually awful. I did feel as if the kids are all fairly stereotypical, unfortunately. Natalie was basically Fairuza Balk in The Craft, but without the charm; the feel boys were typical stoner metalheads and horror fans. Not a lot of nuance. Their ultimate crime is awful, with the worst justification. In the story, it actually makes total sense. It's upsetting to read, but I fully believe Natalie would makes the choice she does. But it was still engaging, fast, and fun.

I received this ARC for from BookSirens in exchange for an honest review.